Stall equipment.



' F. w. MOLDENHAUER & s. E. JONES.

STALL EQUIPMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29. 1914.

1,154,715. PatentedSept. 28, 1915.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPn 60., WASHINGTON, D. c.

LIBZRZEDERIGKW.MOLDENHAUER,563E ooonoirowo'o, AND sIpNEY E. JONES,"F HUSTIS- FORD, WISCONSIN, -AssrG'N6Bs-T0 OCONOMOWOC, Wisconsin,

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' specification 'of Letters, Patent.

CCNSEN' STABIiE -EQUIPIVIENT COMPANY, OF

STALL EQUIPMENT.

"= Patented'Sept. 28,1915.

i Application filedfictober 29, 1914. Serial No. 869,192.

-TdaZZ-whom-itmay concern: =Be it known-that -we,;FIiEDuRIcK W. MOLDEN AUER and SI NEY: E. H J oNEs, both citizens of: the United States, and residents of Oc'onomo woc, in the county; of WVaukesha and State of WV-isconsin, andof Hust-i'sford, in the county of Dodge and"State-of Wisconsin, respectively, have invented certain "new and useful Improvements in Stall Equipment,- and we doghereby-declarei that the-following isa full,-clear, andxexact descriptionthereof d I Our invention refers to stable-equipment especially designed tor milch cows, its object being to provide 1 simple, economical, convenient and effective drinking cups in "connection with .a series of stanchions.

' Specific objects of; our invention are i to provide a drinking .cup ,positioned above and rearwardly of -the manger and to one side of astanchion, whereby the cup. is. lo-

cated in such-manner that the mangerwis clear of the obstruction, while-atthe same 1 time the cup. is conveniently accessible for the animals to provide a cupso positioned between .apair of stanchions, whereby com- :panion animalscan utilize a single vessel; to provide. a post that is Yintermediat'ely bowed in a rear-ward. direction "forlthe support of the cu-p,-whereby said postislpositioned soias to avoid-obstructing access to the cup from either side, it being understood that-the animals are sov 'shackledfthat their heads are free -tof swing-to-one side ori'the -other; to provide. aclip mechanism in con- :nectionwitlrthe cup,whereby it can be conveniently adjusted.- and secured to supporting 'posts,-which posts also constitute frame elements for the support of the stanchi-ons.

ith-theaabove and other-ininorxobjects in view the invention consists in Whatis hereinafter described with: reference to the accompanying drawings .iand subsequently claimed. 1

'l n the drawings Figure '1 represents a frontelevation-of a-stall equipment embodying the features of ourinventionxwitlr parts broken .a-wayv an'd p'arts in section, as indi- ...:cated-:byline11l-.of Fig; 2 ;IF ig.2, a longi- 5 0 1; tud-inaL sectional view of'v the same, the section being inclicatedoby-lineL2e2 ofiFigil;

Fig. 3, aid'etailed sectional view upon'an enlarged scale showing the construction of the waterdelivery -mouth with which the cup is provided, and-Piglet, a perspective view of 'afsingle unit of the stall equipment illustrating the position an animal assumes when .drinkingfrom the conveniently located cup. Her'etofore it has'beenthe practice to provide drinking cups of various types' 'for stall equipment, but the, position of such cups is such that, in order to be accessible for drinking purposesfthey are projected over the "manger trough and thus "form obstructions -which seriously interfere withfeeding and the. placing of such feed in the manger. Their po'sition also causes them to become 1clogged"with' the fee'd carelessly distributed about. Shouldthe cups be placed within the stallorrearwardly of the manger sill, under ordinary conditions, their supporting [means becomes an obstruction wherebythe cups are not accessible andthus said cups also utilize space which, under ordinary conditions, is primarily provided fol-free move- .mentrof the animals. By constructing a'cup and supporting 'the same in accordance with our invention,' the supports being 'so bowed not only serve: to m'aintain'the cups in'the ,position desired, but they form fenders to :prevent injury caused through coming in contact with'the' sharp angles upon such rdrinkmg cups. Furthermore, by bowing the supports rea'r wardlyv as will be"hereinafter described, the upper bowed section, which extends back of the line of stanchions, will vpermit the animal to swing its neck and .head'freely' toward the trough and assume a natural position in drinking.

Referring by characters to the drawings, 'A-represents a' man'gerand B the manger sill -or head beam of a series of stalls. Alined withithe mangersill isan overhead stanchion supporting bar 1, which bar is maintained by a. series of upright posts 2, 2,2. Mounted between oneoi" each pair of posts '2. and the supporting postQ is a stanchion "C of any 'desired'type, the said stanchion v members being suspended 'from" the bar'and anchored to the sill by' suitable clip mecha nisms whichforrnno. part of our invention. As'best shown m'Fig. Qfthe postsflare into upper and by, ogee curves,

straight and alternate companion pairs of the posts 2, whereby the division between wardly of the manger and between companion stanchion members; Tn'order to support the cup in this position the posts 2 are provided with intermediate rearwardly positioned bowed sections 2 which are merged lower straight sections 2 as shown. Hence the bottom'corners 4: of the. cups i, as shown in Fig. 2, .are arranged to restupon the ogee I .curved'portions of the companion posts 2.

which merge into a Thus the cap is supported The cups are each provided with ears 5 that project from their upper edges, which ears are formed with horizontally disposed slots 5for the reception of clip bolts/6, the same being fitted about the bowed portionQ of the posts. These clips are suitably confined by nuts 6, as shown, which engage the threaded ends of the clips and abut the outerfaces of the ears. The ears 5, are also formedwith apertured lugs '7 for the reception of a pintle rod, which'rod passes vthrough straps 9 of alid 10, the said lid serving to close the cup when not in use and when it is desired to utilize the cups, itkis obvious that the lid'can be swung upwardly and maintain its open position by engagement of its outer edge with the offset portion 2 of the companion posts, which engagement takes place after the'lid has been swung vback its pivot. Thus the lid, when opened, also forms a backboard or guard for the cup and, owing to the fact that the animal must swing its head toward the oiiset portion27 of the posts, there is no liability of the lid being inadvertently closed,

Water is supplied tothe cup through a pipe 11 from any suitable source of supply, 7 i with a inouthnipplelQ that is formed at the apex of a crowned portion 13 of the cupbottom. The mouth nipple is adaptedto receive a hood cap 7 are adapted to enter the mouth nipple.

1& having cross flanges 1 f that These flanges are formed w th arms 14" downturned lip 15 of the hood cap. and sustained above the mouth nozzle to form a discharge channel, whereby the wa- V finally delivered about the lip flange '15. The hood cap thus forms a prosuitable manner at thelr lower ends to- .B and fastened by clips 3 or other of a vertical line intersecting er terentering the cup is deflected downwardly 7 I before it is tector to prevent clogging of the pipe and, owing to the crowned bottom portionil3, any chafl or sedimentwill be deflected to the flat portions of the cup bottom to thus .-1nsure the mouth of the cup being free from any foreign matter.. p I 7 While we have sh wn and; described the cup-supporting posts arranged preferably in, alternate pairs between the stalls, it is obvious -that we may, without; departing from the spirit of our invention, use a'single offset supportingipost forthe cup, and'we may also position a cup between each set'of stanchion members in 'some'instances, in lieu V of placing them alternately. It is preferable, however, 'ternate" pairs for the sake of economy,'-under whichconditions one cup would besuflicient "capac ty to supply the-wants of compan ion animals. 1 r rom the foregoing description it is ob- -v1ous, as shown in: Fig. 4, that a cup so'poto position 'them between-a1 'sitionedswith relation to the manger will' not form an obstruction, nor-will it utilize space to the detriment of the freemo'vement of the animal in any direction,-it being-observed that'its position, is such thatthe ani:

mal will swing its head in anatural-movel 'ment to=drink"-"and the rearwardly bowed bars'willpreventfurther swing of the =ani-' 'ma'ls head, nor can'said animal backrean "ward in order to have access. to thetrough due tothe fact. that .thepostserves asja' fender to insure said animal assuming the properposition for drinking;- We claim: 3 l j 1; Thec ombination of a stall havinga' manger sill and an overhead stanchion sup- "portingibar, a post-connecting the supporting bar andmanger, the post'being-provided withflan intermediate rearwardly: disposed bowed portion, and a cupsecured to said rearwardly disposed bowed portion.

2. The comblnatlon f a series" of stalls having a manger, an overhead supporting 1 bar, stanchion members connecting the over- "head bar and manger sill, parallel posts extending from-the sill portion fofthe manger to the'overhead bar intermediate 0f the V theposts being provided with an intermediate rearwardly disposed bowed stanchions,

portion, a Cup fitted to'said bowed portion whereby said cup I ispositioned rearwardly of the manger.

The combination of .a stall having a manger, an overhead supporting bar alined with the manger sill, and stanchion-s carried by said'bar, V intermediate of the stanchions, said pair being bowed rearwardly relative to the'manand a: cup. detachably secured to. the

with a pair of supporting posts bowed portion ofthe posts whereby the lat ter is positioned clearof thefmanger between a companion-p'airofstanchions. .1

4. A stall equipment comprising a post town in the county of Jefi'erson and State of having an outwardly bowed portion form- Wisconsin in the presence of two Witnesses. ing a bucket seat and a bucket provided with FREDERICK W. MOLDENHAUER. fastening means for engaging the post to SIDNEY E. JONES.

Witnesses:

5 retain the bucket to the seat.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing FRED ALBRECHT, We have hereunto set our hands at Water- LEONARD TRIPnETT.

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